Philippines has received more than 2.39 million doses of new crown vaccine

　　(Fighting New Coronary Pneumonia) The Philippines has vaccinated more than 2.39 million doses of COVID-19 vaccine

　　China News Agency, Manila, May 11 (Reporter Guan Xiangdong) Philippine Presidential Spokesperson Harry Rock announced at a press conference held in Davao City on the 10th that the country has received 7.5 million doses of various new crown vaccines so far. More than 2.39 million doses were vaccinated.

　　Locke said that as more vaccines arrive in the Philippines, the government will give priority to deploying vaccination in the hardest-hit areas of the epidemic, including the capital Metro Manila and neighboring provinces, Cebu, and Davao.

　　Philippine Deputy Health Minister Maria Rosario Virgil stated at an online press conference on the 10th that about 500,000 doses of AstraZeneca vaccine will be deployed in Metro Manila, and the remaining 1.5 million doses will be distributed to other countries in the country. area.

　　On May 9, Huang Xilian, the Chinese ambassador to the Philippines, introduced the situation of China-Philippines cooperation in the fight against the epidemic, said that the Philippines has received 5 million doses of Chinese aid and the Philippines’ purchase of Chinese vaccines.

China is the first country to provide vaccine assistance to the Philippines and the first country to provide vaccines to the Philippines through commercial channels.

Currently, China Kexing vaccine accounts for 90% of the vaccines obtained in the Philippines.

　　As of May 8, the Philippines has received 2,395,494 doses of vaccine.

The goal of the Philippines is to obtain 148 million doses of the new crown vaccine through procurement and other means this year, vaccinating 50 million to 70 million Filipinos.

　　Data from the Philippine Ministry of Health on the 10th showed that there were 6,846 newly confirmed cases in the country, with a total of 1.1 million confirmed cases.

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